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Hardin County Onion Pickers Strike, Ohio Northern University,
National Register of Historic Places Listings in Hardin County,
Ohio, Zimmerman Kame, Roundhead, Ohio, Wktn, Ohio State Route 292,
Ada Airport, Ohio State Route 273, Ottawa River, Hardin County
Courthouse, Dola, Ohio, Ada Pennsylvania Station and Railroad Park,
Dial-roberson Stadium, Hepburn, Ohio, Ada War Memorial Stadium.
Excerpt: The Hardin County onion pickers strike was a strike by
agricultural workers in Hardin County, Ohio, in 1934. Led by the
Agricultural Workers Union, Local 19724, the strike began on June
20, two days after the trade union formed. After the kidnapping and
beating of the union's leader and the intervention of the Ohio
National Guard on behalf of the growers, the strike ended in
October with a partial victory for the union. Some growers met the
union's demand for a 35-cents-an-hour minimum wage, but the
majority did not. Hardin County, Ohio, contained a large
onion-growing region about 12 miles (19 km) east of the town of
Lima. Two main growing areas existed. Scioto Marsh consisted of
about 17,000 acres (69 km) of farmland. The top three growers
controlled about 30 percent of Scioto Marsh land under cultivation.
Hog Creek Marsh was a smaller growing area which consisted of about
4,000 acres (16 km). The largest owner of Hog Creek marshland
controlled about a third of that area's total land under
cultivation. Roughly 25 smaller growers cultivated the rest of the
farmland. Wages and working conditions for agricultural workers in
Hardin County were poor even before the onset of the Great
Depression. A plentiful supply of... More:
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